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LOT 2470
Vintage Tibetan Buddhist Hand-Painted Thangka
MID 20TH CENTURY A.D.
18 x 15 1/2 in. (38 grams, 45.6 x 39.5 cm).
Painted panel with front and back views of the human body flanking a larger view showing chakras and other detailing, explanatory text and legends. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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